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Group 7-day waking average?

Lanny said:
Going to post this here in case anyone else uses GlucoRx meters? My health centre rang me to say they don’t stock meters anymore & gave me their phone number to order another meter.

I rang GlucRx custmer services & they say it IS a battery problem & I should only use their batteries in their meters, Duracell doesn’t cut it apparently, as they’re doubled something or other I can’t remember never heard of before either, & can be ordered online & delivered free of charge when needed! So, they will send me a couple of packs of their batteries & in the meantime I should be alright with the Duracell battery in the current meter I’m using but, to change the battery to theirs otherwise a problem could develop later? 🙄
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Following your post I looked at the handbook for my older Gluco RX Q meter. It says nothing about that only their batteries work. See the photo below. Are they selling their batteries at a large profit. 75B0B9F7-9CA2-4DA4-966C-C7C5A919EA6B.jpeg
 
Phew! Just back from the hospital & WHAT a palaver to get blood from me: only took 4 goes; still bled quite a bit after the needle was pulled out but, no blood going up the needle! I have very deep tiny veins & nurses & doctors say I have very tightly muscled skinny arms: all the years of carrying heavy plates of food while working in our restaurant; even after 10 years of not doing that anymore I still have “very well toned arms” this nurse said today! 😱
 
eggyg said:
Thinking about it, I think the orange neighbours drew the short straw! It looks like it’s been Tangoed! 😳
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Possibly someone with diabetes who can’t have Tango!
Does This disease cover more than eating habits?
😛😛:D:DPhilosophy of Type 1 and the psychology of people involved!
 
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Good morning everyone. Well, I presume it's morning from the clocks. Dark as, er, night out there right now.

A great start to the day....BG 5.2

We may go out looking for a present for my daughters daughter. It's her birthday on Sunday. 3 years old. Looking forward to the party too. I will take my own food probably.

My wife played her drums for the first time in months yesterday. She was really well too. That's 2 good days in a row. Let's hope that continues, for her sake as well as for mine. She is actually quite a good drummer.

I love waking up really early. It gives me plenty of time to think and quietly do stuff (like my app). Precious, peaceful time.

Rather nicely, I feel extraordinarily good, well, happy, a peace this morning. I always was a morning person. I remember when I was about 300 yearss younger I used to literally fly out of bed in the mornings. A bit like the Duracell bunny. 🙂
 
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Good morning 6.6 today

I haven’t been reading through the posts on the forum as much as I was previously
I’ve been crazy busy with a few things (including work)

I’m still testing most mornings, but not several times a day as I used to, when I got my diabetes under contro.

@Gwynn congrats on the HS I just saw you post before mine
plus good to see your wife had a good day

I had a good day @work yesterday as won some shopping vouchers
so wife was happy to see those 😎

have a great day everybody !
 
Morning all. :D 6.4 here.

Very gloomy and wet out there. Hubby’s tablet has given up the ghost, so while he’s out looking for a new one, I’ll be painting the kitchen. That’s as exciting as it gets!
 
Morning all. 6.1 today.

It’s not wet today thank goodness. Although we did end up going for a 6.5 mile walk yesterday and got a little drizzled on but it was incredibly mild. We popped to pharmacy for Mr Eggy’s prescription and asked if my Libre 2 sensors were here. No was the answer, hadn’t even received the script. Luckily my GP surgery is only next door, so I popped in there and yes, they’d received instructions from the hospital last week and it was with the prescribing team. She’s marked it as urgent for me and mentioned the one I have finishes on Sunday, so should go to the top of the pile. Result! I’ve so got used to having lovely soft finger tips again.

No big plans today apart from a walk down to Aldi for some bits and bobs, well as much as I can squeeze in my rucksack anyways. Have a good one. 🙂
@Gwynn congrats on the HS and on your wife having a better day.
 
7.6 today. Up and down like a bloomin' yoyo. Nothing too much in the way of carbs last night, gammon steak and veggies, about 15g new potatoes so maybe it's the cheese sauce? Dunno. I've never had what others call a hypo or a hyper, never felt that bad, just a feeling sometimes that I should eat something.

It's warmish but no sun yet, belted down in the night as the thunderstorm passed through but it's settled down now 12deg and quite windy in Poole. Men's shed today in Southborne I hope it doesn't rain as since all the publicity and tv news crews here for the collections for the Afghanistan refugees we've had our numbers double and we only have a 20ft container. The minister has said we can use the church meeting room if it gets too bad.

@Gwynn Glad for you mate, hope things stay on track for you. Congrats on the hs...I can only aspire to getting in the low sixes....
 
06:59 BS 13.1 😱 A whopper but, I KNEW going out yesterday was going to make me feel worse: it was a drizzly day & despite an umbrella I got a bit wet; I should get a coat with a hood on it!

I used to wear a Burgundy hard straw hat like a bowler hat bought from Debenhams very similar to one worn by the late Princess Diana that I called my Princess Diana hat for many years while I was still working in our restaurant but, it got stolen one night by some drunken young lads: there was a coat rack at the back of the restaurant where our waiting staff & customers hung up their coats; I loved THAT hat & people around the town knew me when they saw me in my bright Burgundy hat! I was heartbroken & I spent a LONG day of shopping trying to find another red hat, it HAD to red as I love wearing that colour, to wear that could stand up to a bit of rain under an umbrella! I finally found one at the end of the day at an expensive store, I don’t usually shop at, a pure red felt fedora in the post Christmas sales but, it was the last one! It was a bit too tight for me & I always had to hold in on with one hand in the wind: almost lost it a few times in high winds while struggling to hold an umbrella as well; got quite damp too as it was felt! I hardly wear it now as it’s too much of a struggle to keep it on in wet & windy conditions! I missed my old hat Princess Diana hat yesterday!:(

Had a nap when I got home & woke up feeling a bit miserable & just fancied a bit of comfort food so, ordered a curry online delivered to me by my local Chinese takeaway further down the main road from me! Well, I enjoyed it a lot, at the time, but, paid for with a whopper of a waking figure as I guessed the bolus wrong & didn’t stay up to monitor it as I know, from past experiences, that it needs a prolonged spilt bolus over about 6 to 8 hours: the fat slows down the carbs so, can’t go with too much insulin at the start or I’ll hypo; BS also, stays elevated for longer because of the fat slowing things down! So, needs monitoring & adding corrections afterwards! 😳

But, a correction added to my usual DP buster of half oatcake & half breakfast dose has been bunged in before I started this post! 🙄 My cough has worsened a bit so, I’ve decided to leave my flu vaccine until next week 27/10/21! 🙄

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

It was rather ironically funny that the Italian beat the German to be star baker on German week on GBBO last night! :D
 
I'm delighted to be joining @Gwynn this morning ... Congrats to us both eh!!
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I guessed at 4.5 units of Levemir last night as I didn't get out for a walk yesterday and I ended up jabbing one unit of Fiasp just before I went to sleep at 9.45pm as my levels were a bit high at 9.4 and that obviously worked perfectly on this occasion. I have to say that seeing an HSl on the reader when the alarm went off certainly helped to clear the sleep fog from my brain and gave me a boost to start my day.
 
@Gwynn congrats on the HS!!

7.2 for me today. Had curry and naan last night so that’s why. And it was delicious.

Q. Cheeky question at that! Does anyone happen to have a Fitbit Charge 4 tucked in the back of a drawer or cupboard somewhere gathering dust. I’m contemplating getting one and would rather reuse one somebody doesn’t want/need than buy new. Drop me a DM if you do.
Oh and I’d buy it from you!
 
rebrascora said:
I'm delighted to be joining @Gwynn this morning ... Congrats to us both eh!!
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I guessed at 4.5 units of Levemir last night as I didn't get out for a walk yesterday and I ended up jabbing one unit of Fiasp just before I went to sleep at 9.45pm as my levels were a bit high at 9.4 and that obviously worked perfectly on this occasion. I have to say that seeing an HSl on the reader when the alarm went off certainly helped to clear the sleep fog from my brain and gave me a boost to start my day.
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Congrats!!
 
7.9 today and nice visit to my friend yesterday. Sadly had a call from a friends husband yesterday who 6 of us were going to meet up with on Friday to say she is really poorly. She has had breast cancer twice and it has now metastasised to her brain, it’s so sad and other than offering support there is nothing you can do.
Shopping this morning and a bit of housework.
Have a good day all xx
@rebrascora and @Gwynn on your HS
 
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